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Author: Warnie
Co-CEO of DT Talk. My best ever fantasy finish was 13th overall in 2009, but I've been shit since! Maybe I need to take other peoples advice and not my own?! Follow me on Twitter: @WarnieDT

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Another great watch lads!
Warnie, I have the same problem as you with the 4 backs however if your anything like me I was able to put Pittard and Heppell on the back bench, moved Goodes into midfield bench (dpp).
Leaving me with Gibbs to Hartlett and Hoff to Stevie J.
Back pain won’t be forcing me to donut this week;)

thankyou for your reply warnie. the other idea i had was that i already had 4 premo def. if i downgrade gibbs to a rookie such as terlich or vlastuin, that would leave me with 3 premo def. terlich, i believe still has value and maybe wait a week on vlastuin (can always trade goodes> valstuin next week).

then, westhoff>cox dpp, gawn in ruck. purely for cash generation and as i didn’t have heppell yet i can still get rid of westhoff in time.

I’ve been smashed by the backline carnage this week with 4 players out. I managed to minimise the damage down to 1 donut without trading out Heppell or Gibbs and I managed to get rid of Westhoff as well… While I’m not happy about it I think it could have turned out a lot worse for me.

Though I may incur two donuts for the next two weeks, I am going to stick to my “master plan” and have faith in the depth of the rest if my team. If I pump out 2000+ scores over the two weeks, then it will all be worth it :D

Popular twitter question: “Do i jump of the Hoff?”- mentioned as a luxury trade in light of the backs carnage earlyier in the show, but not entirely me thinks….if you trade out Hoff, and rotate in a FWD; trade in Hartlett into mids, and then rotate Heppell or Goodes to the MID bench.

For sure… but I think this year a lot of people aren’t linked up with DPP, and if they are… it’s a Dwyer or a Neade who you wouldn’t be overly confident on playing on your ground. But in a week like this, beggers can’t be choosers! We did mention DPP magic to help solve problems in the show.

His role as a DEF to FWD switch was tried last year, and I think in the NAB cup, so it seems to be something Geelong are keen on this as a impact play.
Also note that Hawkings didn’t play last week, and Stokes is now playing as a rover, so there was a need to get Taylor in the forward line. Note sure what will happen when Geelong change their FWD structure again, but as long as Taylor is playing forwards, he’s worth it.

My Def: Goddard, Gibbs(injured), Duffield, Hibberd, Goodes, Stevenson (Pittard, Terlich)
So i’m getting Hartlett this week for either Gibbs or Goodes, i don’t know whether to turn goodes into Hartlett, and downgrade one of my other rookies, or turn Gibbs into Hartlett and downgrade Goodes
Goodes is definetly going this week and i’m unsure whether to trade Gibbs or keep him on my bench
Thoughts plz???

I’m just enquiring about the back issue. I have to start two rookies out of Terlich, Saunders and Vlastuin. Also trading out Brett Goodes, who would you trade him to already have Hartlett, can’t afford Birchall don’t want to get Scotland because then I would have two Carlton in my backline, also don’t want to get Hibberd as I would have three Essendon in my backline. So who would you go for out of the likes of Shaw, waters, Burgoyne you know…

Hi guys,
First of all, great show, gave me a few new ideas, i.e. Heath Shaw.

A couple of issues though, number one is that I wanted Scotland from the start of this round, but I waited to see if he was selected, and he’s an emergency! (or listed as one). Do you think he is likely to be selected as one? I’m not sure if I can take the risk?

Also, do you think Heath Shaw will average as much as Burgoyne, who I had and then reversed? I’m not sold on Burgoyne, and I would prefer a carlton player to replace Gibbs, but I don’t know whether he is going to play.

ive got heppell, gibbs, pittard, goodes and fyfe. dont know wether to make two trades in the backline and then put fyfe on bench for dwyer and have everyone playing or to trade fyfe to someone like sidebottom and trade gibbs to hanley and have one zero on the field.

I want to make my team better in the long run and dont want to stuff it up for just one round and unsure which to go with.